Marathon

Having dumped 386 hours into Marathon since day 1 the game has gone from bad to worse. Not only is the player count dwindling meaning you end up fighting the same people over and over again but the game is becoming more and more stale. How many new maps have been introduced since day 1? Zero. Night time variations do NOT equal new maps. How many new Runners have been introduced? Only one. There have been a few new weapons - all feel very similar and have not added anything new or exciting to the game. How about new missions for factions? Nope. What has been added is "quality" of life updates that no-one asked for, balances updates which do the opposite and PvE modes which goes against everything this game was supposed to be about. There is nothing to come back to play. I have completed all faction missions, maxed out my Cradle and my vault is full of gold guns, shields and back packs. There is literally nothing left to do until the next season reset. But what then? The same grind, with the same faction missions, the same cradle to upgrade on the same maps as the new season is NOT introducing any new maps again. This game is dead. Not because the community is dwindling, but because Bungie aren't offering up any meaningful additions and updates and the game is becoming more stale than it was 3 months ago.

Lost interest after launch, didn't feel engaged to keep playing. Came back for PvE, and that was laughable. This ain't it chief.

bad

One of the best shooters I've played in years, that's been undeservingly brought down by mentally-ill Destiny fans.

Game itself has potential but the gameplay loop is so boring and stale theirs no new maps coming to the game player base is dying not worth spending the money buy something else over this game

Marathon is a beautiful and inspired game concept and I admire it so much, but it's also one that I can only appreciate from a safe distance - the game is deeply demanding of your time with the resetting seasons which means I've never gotten to even enjoy Cryo Archive, the current pinnacle of the game that people seem to really love, and it's merciless in it's gameplay now that the few thousand people remaining are the filtered bubble of diehard FPS players who I stand no chance with. Combine that with some really sad F2P monetization decisions and I'm left feeling that this game would have been better as a cooperative shooter that is complete on release, something that could actually give me a start, middle and end rather than leaving me with a promise that will remain endlessly unfulfilled.

Trio it's just literally unplayable. The matchmaking couldn't care less about you. You gear up for 15k, get 2 teammates with free kits who leave after a single death, and then you run into a full purple team right at the spawn. I'm level 100+ and it pairs me with level 30s... Everything here is just completely broken. There's no fun in this, just fighting and waiting to solo exfil when everyone else is dead just so you don't lose your gear. Pre-made 3-man squads have all the advantage—they all gear up for 20k and prey on players like me. Where is the fairness in that?! Solo play? Sure, you can do that, but the devs couldn't care less about you there either. The bot balance is exactly the same as in trio, it doesn't get any easier. For me, playing trio is only useful for clearing out some vault space, because finding a decent teammate happens maybe once in 30 runs. The core game itself is great, but unfortunately, everything else around it is an absolute disaster.